Gerrard called Salah “the best player in the Premier League, on current form”, after earlier complimenting his technique on his goals throughout the match.

Afterwards he said, “Everyone’s raving about him at the moment and rightly so. I think we’re witnessing the start of greatness”.

The ex-England captain continued, “Yeah of course he will get judged on the long term or delivering trophies and stuff and so will the rest of the team”.

With rumors of a potential summer move for Salah around, Gerrard added: “If he’s around for long enough he’s well capable of going on to achieve whatever he wants, whatever he wants to be as a footballer. But his performance this season in a debut season has been magnificent”.